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By Gov. McSweeney to the General Assembly. AT zSSION BEGINNING JAN. 13th. Chief Executive Giv:s some Sound Advice to the Law-Mkers of the Palmetto State. The following Is in substance the annual message of Hon. Miles B. Mc Sweeney, Governor of South Carolina, iread In both houses of the General ",-Assembly: Gentlemen of the General Assembly: You come fresh from the people to legislate for the welfare of South Carolina. There are many grave problems demanding solution. It is a time pregnant with opportunities and possibilities. There is demand for the exercise of wise counsel and pru dent judgment. The office of legis tor Is one of great possibility. You ave the power to lay the burden of taxation upon the people and at the same time the power to spend the money gathered from the people. You also have the power to make the laws by which they are to be governed. They have trusted you with this great power and expect you to use it with wisdom and with prudence. looking only to the best interests of all th2 people. Whatever promotes their happiness and welfare, should be your constant concerir. .if- all men would liftain from intel'ering with the ghts of others or of molesting them, government would not be necessar:. But, unfortunately, we have not reach ed that high standard of morals. Government, however, should attempt to 41, no more than to protect persons and property and enforce contracts volnntarily made. It is true, as a rule, that the least governed are the best governed. In sending to you this. my last an nual message, it is gratifying to note the good feeling which prevails emong the people throughout the - State, and the absence of factional bit terness which at one time divided our people. During-my administration I have endeavored to ignore factional divisions and to be the Governor of all the people-to insure to each com fiunity as far as possible the right of local self-government. In making lo c appointeents I have sought in r case the advice and recommenda nof the representatives of the county, believing that they were bet ter acquainted with local affairs and the wishes of their people than I could possibly be. If by this course I have in any measure contributed to the unification of sentiment among our people and the wiping out of fac tioinal lines, I am gratified. In this e dagr of rapid industrial development 'andp gr s_ o if r with the moral and intellectual uplift lng of our people. The State has enjoyed an era of ma terial - prosperity which is unpreec dented. Now enterprises are being projected, and the building of cotton mills goes constantly on. Business of every character has been exception ally prosperous the past year. Peace arnd -good order prevail throughout 'the State, and at the same time pro gress has been made along education al lines. FINANCES. The income to the State for the year ending December 31 was not suf ficient to meet its obligations. The -Governor and the State Treasurer jre forced to borrow the full amount /U~he $300,o00 authorized by the last L gislature. This was made neces sary by''the fact that the last Ap~pro priation Act carried with It more than the re-venue from the levy for State purposes would realize. It is not good business judgment for the Stats to borrow money to meet current ex penseaL Knowing the total assessed proper of the State, the levy should be suient to raise enough money to m e~the appropriations. Or if it is 'desired to fix the levy the Appro priation BiH should be kept withir. the amount such levy will realise. You should so regulate the two that the State will not be compelled to bor row money for current expenses ands be forced to pay interest charges TAXATION. The Constitution of 1895 says: "All ~taxes upon property, real and person al. shall be laid upon the actual value of the property taxed, as the same -may be ascertained by an assessment made for the purpose of laying such Sx." And in another section it says: "All property subject to tax ation shall be taxed in proportion to its varne." And why not at its "ac tual value?" Tou will note the Ian guage of the Constitution. It says, "shall be."- not "may be." It is man datory, and yet we are -going along violating this provision every year by trying tb fix some percenta;.e of "ac tual value" and this perentage is dif *ferent in every county. The Sta Board of Equalization, at a me beld the past summer, found sue , equality in the assessments that they decided to memorialize the Leiidi ture to fix sixty ber cent. of a tuial value as tid woper basis odafb - stion for the pwrpdse of ta::ation. Why si'my per cent? sixty per cent? Why not follow the Jlain language of the SConstituic . t was found1( that in some counties eighty per cent. of the actual value was the harmis,. while in ers 't w as as low as fifty per cent. the actu~ value, and in some cases, * :QtHis Beat. ' beeNt'civil 'service examination wasn to l nconnection with one ofwhe earltibe examinations for policemes. SThp. question asked by.. the examiniflg -kommission was: "Hot many mires tc thd moon?" .Pat, a lusty son Erin, whose flght to aplace on ~reh had never *before bee~a dlhput swered: "I don'tlcnow ho 'rny piles it is, -bu. know that it is ar enough away * ~ outside my beit, even when it's tuH. -. even lower. To adopt a percentage o. actual value would be a plain viola tion of the provisions of the'nsti turion. It makes little difference to the taxpayer what the basis of valu ation is so that all property is assess ed in the same ratio of value, for a certain amount of money has to be raised to meet the expenses of the government. and if the valuation is high the rate is low, and vice versa. The inequality which now exists, how ever, makes the burden bear unevenly and the best plan is to require that the mandate of the Constitution be, followed. If one county is asse at 80 per cent. and another cent. of actual value. o g too much or the other! .I ng too litie of Its proportion of the State taI The tax for county purposes makes little difference. This is a 'quEistion which has puzzled legisla S-tors since government has been organ ized and taxes paid, and the man who can devise a plan which wIll make the burden of taxation bear evenly on all property will receive the well done of the people of the State. Equal and just taxation, levied on all property proportionately and In ac cordance with Its value, is the pro duct of the highest justice, and when done to meet~ simply the demands of government, economically ad ed, is never burdensome. O other hand, unequal or unjust ta is always burdensome. If P'l pro ty were returned honestly aiu fully a its just valuation the problem would be solved, but so long as human na tqe is frail and the impression pre vails t at it is not expected to return property at its valuie,' we may not ex pect this result. * - The plan' recommended in my last message. I believe, will aid in get Iting all property on the tax books and contribute largely to an equitable val uation, and I repeat it here. Under the present system the re turns are made to the County Audi I tor. There is a Township Board of Assessors, which meets at the court house after the Auditor has taken the returns, and undertakes to go over all of them in one or two days. Then there is a County Board of )quali zat!on, which also meets at the court house and goes over the returns fo-: the entire county in one ur two days. All of this is done in somewhat of a perfunctory manner and accomplishes little or nothing in secux!ng an equit able assessment c. property. There are counties in the State in which some of the land is acsessed at one third or one-half its actual value, while other land is assessed at its real value. In fact. there r4ay be two ad joining plantations, ti e one worth twice as much as the ther, and yet under our system each is assessed for taxation at the same p'-ce per acre. EDUCATI- . The strength and s-fability of any community are largel~ in proportion always in proportion t~ the edkication of the masses. Th~ power and strength of a State a e not in its material advance and developmenlt, however valuable these may be, but ina dcated citizenslbip-an educa tion which trains its ci zenship intel lectually, physically anl morally. If our State is to keep eae with the other States of the Union our people must be educated-not a few here and thecre, but there mt at be a gen eral education of the Inasses. The wealth producing power 'of a country is in proportion to the 'education of Its citizens, and as we (increase the efficiency of every citiz j by educa tion, so we increase the '-ealth pro ducing power of the State. "If we should double the wages of every man in the State, we should not thereby increase its wealth a dollar, but if we could double the efficiency of ev ery man in the State and then double the wages we should quadruple the wealth of the State." Said Mr. Rus kin: "A piece of land which will only support ten idle, ignorant, and improv ident persons will support thlrty ,or forty intelligent and industriosa ones.'" The value of a country de pends rather upon the virtue and in telligence of the people who inhabit it than upon the richness of the soil. All wealth has Its basi:; in intelil gence. pri o- t We should prtnochild togrow up to meet the responsible dutieso citizenship without at least the rudi ments of a good education. "In the South 85 per cent, of the criminals are deficient In education, while 60- perI cent, ai'e totally Illiterate." Statistics show that 22 per cent, of all the in'hab itants In the South over ten years of age are Illiterate, while in New York it is 3 1-2 per cent COMMON SCHOOLS. There is a marked increase -in -the 'interest In glic education, and thr tlt condIition of the average school mn Isome counties are shocking. Refer ence to the statistics In the report of Ithe State Supe'intendent of Educa ~on discloses that there are numer us schools with less than a three ~months' term, and still more with techers so badly paid that they can ndjt be supposed in any degree compe tet If the Legislature will dis c ~e its responsibility to the causer of . ucation in its entirety in the State, there must he State aid to the public schools. An appropriation t5 he apportioned according to the mon ey raised In the counties is nothing more thanr a county tax-an Increase of the constitutional three mill tax. Efforts heretofore made to pass such Ia law -have met with the response A Hlidayii Life. 'Life is riddle~s . A wild game o'' chance; Tune jp .de fiddle, A oin in the dane Brgas eyes are winning, With joy in each glae; Life's.just begianing Join- in the dance! "Ah, I knew 'high balls' would be my finish." sighed the wild goose as a rifle bullet struck him in mid-air and: Oroghthimto the real estate-Judge.! reased attendance, are a sufficient t] uaranty that a less sum than askedI ti r would not suffice for the proper e iaintenance of the school. f COLORED COLLEGE. J1 The Colored Normal, Industrial, Ag- a icultural and Mechanical College will g sk for an appropriation of not less c ban $10,000, half of which amount is eeded to finish and equip the brick ndustrial Building. This bu as been in course of erection during he past two years. and should o a ompleted at as early date as possi- I! le. The other $5,000 asked is for t urreut expenses. The institution at t resent having more than 600 students i t is a very reasonable amount. This ollege, since its foundation in 1896. c as been run on economical princi- 1i l4s. The total appropriations re- 1 elved by it during the whole period I f its existence amount to only $62.- o 00, an average of less than $9,000 or each year, received from the tate. MEDICAL COLLEGE. C The -Medical College of the State ( f South Carolina, located at Charles- v on, continues to place at the disposal f the Governor the privilege of ap- t ointing to scholarships, good for one t ear, seven young men or young wo- I en, one from each Congressional I lstrict of the State. The appoint- E 2ents have been made each year, and s he effort has been to secure deserv- t ng and ambitious young men and a 'bung women from among the appli- a snts. The liberality of this institu- f ion deserves commendation, for by q iving these scholarships it has aided t aany young men and young women in I heir efforts to fit themselves for their C ife work. $ CHILD LABOR. A compulsory education law would t elp very much in the solution of the - hild labor question. In fact, the I doption of a child labor law will ne- j essitate compulsory education. This question must be met and l oIved. and the sooner it Is done the ss difficult of solution it will be'. ngland. Fran-e, Germany, and all the ianufacturing States in the north of 3 ur courtry. after thorough investi ation and long experience, looking oth to the mental and moral uplifting nd the material advancement of the t ople, have decided to prohibit the bor in mills of children of tender ge. We cannot longer avoid the re- r ponsibility. That the State has a I ight to interfere, no thoughtful citi- c en will question. No one can sue essfully controvert the position that a his labor of long and constant hours i 3 injurious to the child, and, there- I ore, affects the citizenship of the r uture. This being true, the State has t . right to come In and say it shall be r topped. s We have rapidly grown into a manu- 1 acturing State, and are being forced c o meet strong competition from oth-I1 r sections. zIt is argued that the s ftate has a right to cohtrol. to a rea: I onable extent, the hours of labor of he child, In view of the fact that C hei responsibility for crime and Iguor- y nev res-ts upon the State. t PENSIONS. That it is rignt and proper that the state shionhli do all it can to care for he dese~:rving and needy Confederate sdic r. no one will question. Itt .l-- --4fw----rktic concern of al rue citizens of the sta tep g t hat no ian who upheld the cause of outh Carolina in the troublous times rom '61 to '65 shall be sent to the r' ounty home, but that all who needt he help of the State have it suffi- 1 :lently to make their declining yearst ree from worry and care and full oft 11l the blessings it is possible for I he State to extend. The Southern r ause was not upheld by hirelings or c laves or those who fought from mer- t enary motives. The Southern sol ier went to battle for a cause he be leeed to be right and just, and be aise of his love for his lome and I Ls fireside. But for these patriotic ustaining motives he never coul.11 tave put up the fight which he didI .gainst such odds of numbers and re ources. It is not the purpose of our I ension laws to pension all who were eserving Confederate soldiers, but nly those who are needy. We start. ed with an appropriation of $50.000 .nd last year- it reached $200,000. hat there are many on the rolls who . not need the assistance of the Itate is a matter which is attracting~ h' notice of many Confederate sol-1 iers themselves, and this fact is a olation of the intention for which ur pension laws were enacted. The rouble lies with the county boards. t too often happens that these boards rgue that the State appropriation is ing to be expended. and, the more hey can get for their counties the etter, and thus they put on the rolls hose who, though they come within he strict letter of the law, under its ~ atetion should not be there. Ac- 2 ording to the report of the Comp- ~ roller General there are now 7,750 in the pension rolls of the State. RtAILROAD COMMISSION. d The twenty-fourth annual report of( he Railroad Commissioners will be ound upon the desks of the memberst the General Assembly. It contains very complete synopsis of the rpail oad situation in the State.1 THE STATE MILITIA. c It Is gratifying to be able to give peial commendation to the militarya .epartment, and to note the interest t nd energy displayed by the head of e department In his efforts to build I p and energ!ze the militia system f the State. THE DISPENSARY. For the first time since the Dispen ary Law was enacted, it was not an ssue in tha. political campaign for he Governor ip the past year-, as all .f the cand tes for Gove--nor were ledged to its upport aund to the strict nforement the law.' The greatest pposition to the system of State con rol of- the sale of liquols i~s in thle arger cities of the State. As a re-I ult there is ilicit sale of liquor inJ A Literary List. "I have a little holiday list here, my dear" said the author's wife. "lead it,", said the author, sternly. "Hfere it is: You are to write a son net for a turkey; a beautiful little lyric ror a ham; a short story for a sack f flour; and a fine Christmas ode for the rent, and if you're real good, I'll let you buy me a new cloak and pay the gas bill!" Kind Old Lady-You's the daintiest little boy In the whole crowd. How Is it ou kreep your ae so clean? from some delegations: "We have c money enough already." The Charles- j tonians can point to their school f terms and their teachers' salaries as r evidence that they need little or no money. The truth is, that a legisla tive appropriation should be made r along the lines prescrib, by the Con- a stitution to bring up)e deficient t schools to a minimum tadard. The z rlispensary money has. Veen appor- I tioned' under a law fixing three I months or $75 salary as the minimum t standard, but the educational senti- c ment of the State has- passed the I point where it osa be longer satisfied c with this minimum. It would be lit- I tle enough for the Legislature to con- i tribute to the efficiency of the public c schools a sum equal to the amount It I appropriates to the State colleges. A I mnh .smaller sum, as estimated by c ,t'ate Superintendent in his an- C H& report, would be more thpn ade- 5 Ute to insure a six months' ternd f with a $210 teacher to every school in the State that could make itself deserving -of this aid -by conforming to the proper policy in its location c and the qualification of its teacher. t SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGB. C This honored institution continues I to measure up to the high standard of 3 efficiency which it has maintained dur- I Ing the past hundred years. Its af- I fairs are wisely administered, and I the eminently successful, useful and t honorable careers of its graduates, I emphasizes the w'sdom of the State 3 in continuing its maintenance. The C college now has 203 students. who are working earnestly and harmoniously with their professors, and there is good reason to hope that this year t add an eminently i 2cessful one I history. An appropriation of at t $35,000 will be asked. For fur er and detailed information I refer I Fou to the report of the Board of T'rustees.a WINTHROP NORMAL AND INDUS TRIAL-COLLEGE. There is no =pre important institu tion in the Sta% .than Winthrop Coi-'I ege. Its vital 1niportadee consists in the fact that.it educates and 'rains the future mothers an(d teachers of the C State. It is now uniyersally recog nized that if a people -are t6 be edu- I cated and, therefore, great and intlu- 1 ential, the women of that people miust T be educated. An educated mothe i means educated children Women are the natural teachers of children and s Winthrop College is doing a great service to the State by giving a pro- 2 fessional training to these natural teachers. The college has sent out t 416 graduates in its short life-ear nest, devoted women, most of whom are teaching in this State and by their If work and example are elevating the I tone and standard of the common schools. The college has reached anl benefitted a great many more girls f than this, however. During the past t seven and a half years there have heen enrolled In the' delpartment of rewing. dressm'aking and millinery 956 students. through whom ihe work la reached at ilast f-00 homes throughcout thc Staie. The new hufliniug has rade it poss4 ble to ha-;ze piactically 01 students no. living in R-odk Hll, eqiually under coi lege authorit .- and has enabled them il .n -a!l >llege oppor the faculty and students into ewe t~ and pleasan relations. 1 The fact t~hat 54 per cent, of the students at Winthrop last year could not have attended any other college if Winthrop ad not brought educa-t tion within their reach is evidence of the much needed work it is doing for the State. CLEMSON COLLEGE. t Clemson College opened last Sep. tember with a matriculation list of 519 students, which number is very[c near the limit of its accommodatioh. ( The character of work done by the students is much in advance of former!c years. and the institution is rapidly :t growing in favor with the people. And justly so, for it is doing a great service to the State in sending out such a large number of young men with practical training to take charge of pursuits looking to material bene-' fit to the people in developing thec resources of the State. The varioust departments are being steadily devel oped, and the'facilities for work are being rapidly ibcereased. C mson r ceives no direct appropriati~ through you. For detsiled information as tot its financial condition and in regard to the different depar-tments I refer you to the annuM report of the college.c which will beNubmitte-d to you. t SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY x ACADEMY. , The report of the superintendent oi a this institution will be submitted to t you. The school is doing a good work or the young'men of the State, and [t is run economically. The Board oft Visitors will ask for an appropriation I of $25,000 for maintenance, $1,000 forc repairs to buildings and $250 for ad- t itons to library, making a total ofc $26,250. It should be remembere'l that the Academy edu tes young men from each county a olutely freet out -of the appropriation asked, and I j recommend to you the request of the c Board of Visitors as optirely reason- a able. . -NSITUIO THE ISIUINFOR THEF - CATION OF THE DEgi' ANW. DUMB AND THE BtjfND. The annual report of the supe tendent of this institution gives detail all niecessary information i4 reference to the work being done by. the State for the education of her blind andl deaf cbildren, and also f'1lly sets forth the amount of appropriation! necessary for (he maintenance of the~ school ?or- the ensuing fiscal year. The superintendent asks foru an ap- 1 propriation of $24,000f for support, andt $500 for general repairs. This request has the fulr and unqualified endorse ment of the Board of Commissioners.C The- reputation esablished by the r~anagement -of this institution for't conservative estimates, and the eco- I nomical expenditur-es and the in-l ~B~t~ Battli Pr-IcCIT A foreign correspondent lamenting the lack of American enterprise is the matter of introducing goods in foreign markets says that "no large country has so many commercial travelers at home and so few abroad." That goes to show that Americans find home mar kets deserve their chief attention. Say that Life is longing Providence, or Chance All we need, my brethren, Is room enough to dance. iese cities, and there will continue 3 be until public sentiment in these ommunities grows more strongly in ivor of the Dispensary system and irors regard more sacredly their oath nd convict persons who are proven uilty of the v'olati of the law. Spe [al constab ccomplish but t itions exist. se communi a'nd in the. a w is enforced nd the gui y are convicted and pun shed. The system is a good one for he control of the sale of liquor and hat it is violated in some localities ; no valid argument against the law. The business the past year has in reased. which may be taken as an ev lence that the people are becoming iore and more in sympathy with the tw, rather than that the consumption f whiskey is increasing. The amount to the credit of the chool Fund on November 30th, 1902, ras $652,S29.22. according to the uarterly report of the Legislative ommittee, but not available, as it ras in stock. Under the Act' of the last Legisla ure requiring the directors to pay o the State Treasurer quarterly the rofits to the credit of the School und, three payments have been 2ade aggregating $92,755.91. The ame Act requires that the profits to he credit of the School Fund carried s stock shall be reduced by semi nnual payments to $400,000 by the t rst of January, 1904. Under this re uirement $100,000 have been paid to he State Treasurer the past year. 'his makes a total paid to the credit if the School Fund during 1902 of 192,755.91. The following figures show the to al net profits for the year ending No- t -ember 30th, 1902, from the sale of lquor and beer: 'rom whiskey to towns and counties........ .....$382,688.36 I 'rom beer to towns and counties ............ 60.515.40 $443,19S.76 et profit to the State.. ..$123,699.07 Total net profit.. .. .. ..$-566,897.83 From the figures quoted above: here was on band to the credit of the ihool Fund November 30th, 1902, 652,829.22, and the total amount car led in merchandise was $730,518.17. t appears that wit hthe easy facilities f transportation and the frequent iurchases which are made that this mount carried in merchandise could le materially reduced without detri aent to the business, and yet the di ectors claim, as you will see from heir report, that it is impossible to un so large a business on any less tock than is now carried. It should 1 e remembered that there are about ne hundred and twenty-five local Dis ensaries in the State, and when thiz tock Is divided among them it does tot give each a very large amount. It also appears from .the statement I f the Legislative Investigating Com- 1 ittee that on November 30th. 1902, he Dispensary owed for suppliek, j hiskey, etc., $252,527.36. e THE STATE PENITENTIARY. The past year has been a most suc essful one in the history of this instl ution, as the annual report, which vill be snhimittedl to you, pill show. HiSTORICAL RECORDS. No State in the Union has made ore history, or more glorious history, han South Carolina. Nor has there een a State which has paid less at ention to the preservation of that his ory. The record books and historical apers have been preserved, but until ecently they were scarcely available Saccount of the condition in -which Ney were kept. The work of indexing nd of properly arranging them, how ver, is now done, and much historical ata of great value is being brought to1 ight. PARDONING BOARD. The Constitution of the State pro.1 ides that the Governor "shall have iower to grant reprieves. commuta ions, and pardons * * * in such man-I er. on such terms, and under such estrictions as he shall think proper." le is required to report all pardons nd commutations to the General As embly. It is also provided that ev ry petition may first be referred to ,'Board of Pardons, to be provided sy the General Assembly, which loard shall hear all such petitions inder such rules and regulations as he General Assembly may provide. 'he Governor may adopt the recoin sendations of such Board, but in case te does not he shall submit his rea ons to the General Assembly." The oard of Pardons has never been pro-.1 -ided by the Legislature and very lit le good could be accomplished by uch board, for the responsibility Is t last on the Governor, and te must seet and bear it. CONCLUSION. I have endeavored to obey the man ate of the Constitution to review the Lepartments of government and to aake;such suggestions as have seemed o me proper. In taking leave of you. 'ou will permit me to say that my ear est prayer shall always be for the velfare of all the' people of South Car il-ifa. I trust that your deliberations ay- reflect credit upon your judgment .nd that whatever you do may redound o the good of the State we a'll- love o well. I am sure you will have the earty cooperation and sympathy of sy successor in all things that tend to romote civil liberty, high Ideals of Itizenship and the continued happi ess and prosperity of the people. You should lay aside all personal in erests and let your best efforts be dl ected to maintaining a government hat will bring peace to tl'e sople; hat will instill a love of country; that vill develop the highest type of true nanhocd. and that will "conform to he bishest' ideals of civic virtue." M. B. McSWEENEY, Governor. As You Like it. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) BEST MUSIC OF THE YEAR. Reaping time or sowing, ' Sweetest sound to hear Little t~n horn blowing All the music- o' the year! It fills with joy dim places Of sorrows and of sighs; Brings dreams of children's faces And bright, expectant eyes. Stern life-a river flowing Yet pauses still to hear That little tin horn blowing Anf the mnsle 0' the yeari FAMINE RIFE IN bWEDEN kbout 70,000 Persons Reducedto Est ing Pine Bark and Moss. oincldent With the Failure of the Crops is the Extreme Scarcity of Fish -reUef Measures. London.-Telegrams from Stockholi, nweden. contirm the disiressing ae ounts of the fi(amine in Northern ;wcden. About 70.000 persons are af eted by the famine, which extends rom the sixty-first to the sixty-seventh legrce north latitude and from the au!f of Bothnia and the Rusgjan bor er far into the interior. The starving eople :re eating pine bark. which is Iried, ground to powder. mixed with ;tewed Ieeland moss and made into a tind of famine bread. Coineiden-, with rth f:'ih: of crons s th extreme searcity of fish. The isliermen retuira from t heir expeditions mpty handed. Even ptarmignn, us ally found in :rre:tt numbers In the tricken district. iiave almos 'omplete y disappearedi. It is estimated that the expenditure f about $6.300,WH) w" be necessary a save the )opUltio1 from decimation. hus far about $200,000 has been sub cribed, of which sum over $12.500 was :ent by Swedes in the United States. Chis amount does not include the noney necessary to save the breed of attle which alone gn live through n Aretic winter, orisupply seed for he 1ring sowiigs DISBROW FOUND "NOT GUILTY." .awyer Mile% Says Suicide Was the Cause of the Two Deaths. Riverhead, L. I.-Louis A. Disbrow vas acquitted of the murder of Clar 'nee Foster and was set at liberty. )istrict Attorney Smith seemed greatly isappointed. He was asked whether ie would try .D!sbrow on the indict nent charging h'n with the murder of 'Dimple" Lawrence, the girl who ais ppeared with Foster on the night of une 10 last, and whiose body was ound with his in Tiana Bav. "No, I tried the strongest Case first," le said. "It would be no us to try the ,awrence indictment." To most of those who attended the rial the verdict was not unexpected. or the prosecution brought out noth- - ng more than had been presented at he preliminary hearings, when there vas no direct evidence to connect Dis )row with the deaths of his two asso ates. Mr. Miles, in summing up for the d'e ense, attacked the characters of the lead couple, and advanced the theory hat with their'money dwindling they iad committed suicide together. Dis rict Attorney Smith was frequently 7 'ebuked by Justice Maddox for per onal references which he made to Mr. Mles and Mr. Ackerly, who assisted n the defense. The case went to the ury at 4.05 o'clock, and- it w at 4.50' clock that the Court House bell sig sled that they had agreed.. When the verdict 'was annoumeed here was npndause. Disbrow ruslied 'rom the C'ourt House to a. telephone. tnd was the first to inform his mother mud sisteris at the family home at Rich nond Hil1l. in Queens Borough, that he vas free. SENTENCES IN BICCAR CASE. 'uo Years and a Half Each For Dr. Hen drick and Samuel Stanton. Freehold. N. J.-Dr. Charles C. Hen riek, of -Bayonne, and former Justice f the Peace Samuel Stanton, of Ho aoken. tried with Laura Biggar for :Oulspiring to secure the woman In the11 'ossssion of' 'the entire estate of the ate Henry' C. Bennett, of Farming lale, were sentenced to two and a aalf years in State Prison by Judge eisley. The Judge declined to look at an ffidavit made by Charles H. Coombs, tjuror, to the effect that he, Coombs, tad been influenced by a ,remark of jounty Detective Strong while they were deliberating. Judge Heisley aid, however, if a juror had made such an affidavit, it showed that he vas not possessed of sufficient intelli ence to be a juror. In passing sentence the Judge said :hat he could not see how the jury ~ould have arrived at any other eon ~lusion in regard to the prisoners, 'al hough they had taken the responsi - yllity o$equitting Miss Biggar. The nen were taken back to the county jail, the- judge saying he would con ider later the question of admitting them to bail pending an appeal. Indicted' Fo EilangCraig. The Grand Jury, at Pittsfield, Mass., n the case of Euclid Madden and [ames T. Kelly, has reported an in Ilctment against each, charging man laughter. These men were In charge f the electric car which ran into the ~arriage of President Roosevelt last ~ugust, with the result that Secret ervice Agent William Craig, who was uardng the President, was . killed. Both men, when called to answer to the Indictment, pleaded not guplty. A lte for trial was set. Bonds of 3soMO-Forfeited. The bondsmen of B. D). Greene and John F. Gaynor, fuldtives from justice rr frauds in connection with improve ments of the Savannah Harbor, are preparing to pay finto, the registry of the United States Court $80,000, the amount of the bonds which were es heated in the United States Court at Savannah, Ga. W. B. Kirke, of Syracuse, N. Y., Is Greene's bondsman, and the late John D. Leary, of New York City, was n the bond of Gaynor. Ws excutor will pay. shot Eer Little Brother. The two-year-old son of A,. Phillips was fatally shot by his aiyear-old sister while playing with attoy gun at their home In Hooper's Island, Del. The sister, thinking the gun was not loaded, pointed it at the boy. exclaim ing, "I'll shoot you." The ball pierced the brain. Revolutionary Talk In Cubs, Former members of the revolution ary army in tuba threaten to revolt and seize every town in Cuba unless they are paid by March 1.